In the persecution ofSeverus, in 204, he made a glorious confession of his faith, and thoughhe did n [6] We ought therefore to learn to stand always inwatchfulness and fear, or we shall be also cut off oursel ervant of Jesus Christ, let thechain of his love, not one of iron, hold you fixed in your resolution. Chrysostom adds, that he taught themadmirably to despise the present life, to love only the good things tocome, and never to fear any temporal evils whatever.
ith thy companions, that thou mayest not be the last of them that shallpresent themselves before God. The Latin and Greekchurches both honor his memory on this day. Joseph, and of Mary, sister of the Blessed Virgin. in1201, and he was canonized by that pope the year following.
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